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Taper Purgatory 6 Days Out
Of all the crazy things to do, with only a handful of days to go, I ended up with new shoes. I have been having trouble with my feet for a couple months now, from nearly-blistered hotspots to plantar fasciitis, to bleeding scrapes from the shoe itself. My Topo Athletic Ultraventure Pro (?) died a…
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Flaming Turtle Heads!
Turtlehead Peak in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area just outside Las Vegas NV. I attempted it last year about this same time (due to gymnastics meet scheduling) but got lost, ran out of time and just plain wasn’t fit enough. This year though… There are new trail markers I uploaded a GPX file to…
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Wahoo Tickr X Zwift Calibration
The first time I ran on Zwift with the new TickrX Heart Rate strap I was impressed overall with the relatively stable signal it gave to my AppleTV. It seemed to record a bit high, meaning the numbers on Zwift sent my the TickrX for speed were more than the treadmill, more than the Stryd…
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Running Morgan in the Dark
If you can call it running, sure. It’s at least getting in some vertical and testing out my ability to pull it off. I woke at 3:30 AM, while the world slept, and prepared to head out to do a not very popular Strava segment loosely called Morgan Blvd. Over the years it’s changed a…
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Elbrus Car Chat 15 August
Sitting in my car at work thinking out loud about Elbrus Race. I found the original impetus for this Elbrus Race insanity – the Red Fox Elbrus Race. The website is somewhat klunky. More than somewhat, actually. I might have to keep my eyes open on it for when they announce the opening of registration…
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The Road to Elbrus Starts Here
Running in Elbrus Race Yet Again? Elbrus Race 2018? Skyrunning? For Real? Well I just had a really dumb idea. I received a Facebook Notice from the logistics company behind Elbrus Race. I hadn’t even considered it. Wowsers. If I train hard for only 6 weeks, can I get back to what I had achieved…